moonchild
VIP Contributor
Spotting a trend reversal is a vital skill you should have in your arsenal as a trader, it will help you out in knowing when to get out of a trade or even when you're planning to enter, there are a lot of decisions that traders make before entering the market because of this trend reversal might be oblivious to them.
Whenever a market is making swings could be a swing high or swing low, the beginning of the last swing is the impulsive move and whenever the trend reverses back to this swing and crosses the beginning of the move, then it is said that trend reversal has occur.
Trend Reversal Is also known as break of market structure, what is the best thing to do in this type of situation? When you find yourself in this type of situation get your drawing tools and use the horizontal line and demarcate a line and then watch what happens.
It might be a fake break out and the market will just hover around the line and then decide to continue trending, or it can break the structure and form a new swing, that is why you have to be always available as a day trader so as not to miss moves like this.
Whenever a market is making swings could be a swing high or swing low, the beginning of the last swing is the impulsive move and whenever the trend reverses back to this swing and crosses the beginning of the move, then it is said that trend reversal has occur.
Trend Reversal Is also known as break of market structure, what is the best thing to do in this type of situation? When you find yourself in this type of situation get your drawing tools and use the horizontal line and demarcate a line and then watch what happens.
It might be a fake break out and the market will just hover around the line and then decide to continue trending, or it can break the structure and form a new swing, that is why you have to be always available as a day trader so as not to miss moves like this.